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| Educational Leadership | 5 |
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| Bransford, John D. | 1 |
| Costa, Arthur L. | 1 |
| Doll, William E., Jr. | 1 |
| Lochhead, Jack | 1 |
| Nickerson, Raymond S. | 1 |
| Vye, Nancy J. | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 5 |
| Opinion Papers | 4 |
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 3 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
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Peer reviewedDoll, William E., Jr. – Educational Leadership, 1981
A structural arithmetic curriculum is designed to help students develop their own powers of thought. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Intellectual Development, Problem Solving
Peer reviewedNickerson, Raymond S. – Educational Leadership, 1981
A program to improve student ability to perform intellectually demanding tasks might reasonably focus on four types of objectives: abilities, methods, knowledge, and attitudes. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Assignments, Intellectual Development, Learning Processes, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedLochhead, Jack – Educational Leadership, 1981
Research in cognitive science is providing an increasingly detailed understanding of human cognition. Teachers can help students become conscious of their own reasoning processes and then learn to compare, contrast, interrelate, or coordinate various ways in which they think in order to refine their problem-solving methods. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Intellectual Development, Learning Processes, Problem Solving
Peer reviewedCosta, Arthur L. – Educational Leadership, 1981
A question-answer format on how specific teacher behaviors influence students' acquisition of information, ability to make information meaningful, and application of meaning to new situations. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Intellectual Development, Problem Solving
Peer reviewedVye, Nancy J.; Bransford, John D. – Educational Leadership, 1981
Explores the similarities and differences among three thinking skills programs that help students analyze and evaluate their own problem-solving skills. (MLF)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Improvement Programs, Intellectual Development
